Chavannes, Édouard

Japanese: シャバンヌ（英語表記）Chavannes， Édouard

Born: October 5, 1865, Lyon
Died January 29, 1918. A French sinologist from Paris. In 1889 he went to Beijing as a member of the Chinese embassy, and in 1893 became a professor at the Collège de France. He studied ancient Chinese history, the history of the Western Regions, the history of Buddhism, and epigraphy, and published many detailed translations and annotations of historical materials and excellent research results. He became a member of the French Academy in 1903 and an honorary member of the Royal Asiatic Society in 1916, and also edited the journal "Notice." He became a leading European orientalist in both name and reality. His works include "Records of the History of Sima Qian" (Mémoires historiques de Se-ma Ts'ien) (1905), "Records of a Visit to Ancient China" (Mion archéologique dans la Chine septentrionale) (09), and "Cinq cents contes et apologues extraits du Tripiṭaka chinois" (11).

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[生]1865.10.5. リヨン
[没]1918.1.29. パリ
フランスの中国学者。 1889年中国公使館員として北京に渡り，93年にコレージュ・ド・フランスの教授となり，中国古代史，西域史，仏教史あるいは諸碑文研究を行い，精密な史料訳注やすぐれた研究業績を多く発表した。 1903年フランス学士院会員，16年イギリス王立アジア協会名誉会員となり，また雑誌『通報』を編集。名実ともにヨーロッパの代表的東洋学者となった。著書に『司馬遷の史記』 Mémoires historiques de Se-ma Ts'ien (1905) ，『華北訪古記』 Minion archéologique dans la Chine septentrionale (09) ，"Cinq cents contes et apologues extraits du Tripiṭaka chinois" (11) など。